Catalogue Of Japanese Prints Paintings And Works Of Art Including A Collection Of Japanese Kakemono And Chinese Paintings On Silk Many Examples From The Michael Tompkinson Collection Japanese Works Of Art Including Tsuba Swords And Sword Furniture Bronze Figures Of Quail Duck And Okimono Netsuke Carved In Wood And Ivory And Inro Also Important Japanese Carved Ivory Figures And Groups Which Will Be Sold By Auction By Messrs Sotheby Co At Their Large Galleries

Author : Maude Rex Allen
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230315126
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (151 download)

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Download or read book Japanese Art Motives written by Maude Rex Allen and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 edition. Excerpt: ... part iv symbols and symbolic objects Fkom the varied number of the art objects of Japan, it is difficult to select only such as are of direct symbolic import, for the artists and designers have drawn untiringly from the realm of legend and symbolic design for the decorative motives of all objects, whatever their use. In order to keep within certain bounds, however, an attempt has been made to restrict the choice of objects described in this section to those of ritual or ceremonial use, and to the attributes of the deities. This, of course, necessitates the omission of such familiar and interesting objects as the inro, or tiered medicine case; the smoker's quaint outfit; the artist's boxes; the tsuba, and other sword furniture, which have been very slightly touched upon in the article on the sword; and, perhaps the most important of all, the netsuke.1 A collection of these last-mentioned exquisitely carved bits of ivory, which were used to prevent the slipping of the pendant purse, biro, or tobacco pouch from the sash or belt, would probably show representations of every legend, symbol, and deity mentioned in this book, but the utilitarian character of their use excludes them under the classification adopted. i Albert Brockhaus. Netsuki. Versuch einer Geschichte der Japanischen Schnitzkunst. Marcus Bourne Huish, ' The Evolution of a Netsuki, ' Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society, vn (1897), pp. 2-16. Henri L. Joly, Legend in Japanese Art, article, "Netsuke." takara-bune (Ship of Good Fortune) On the second day of the New Year, the symbol-loving Japanese place under their pillows slips of paper having representations of the Tdkara-bune drawn upon them, with the prayer that this Ship of Good Fortune may come into port on the...